Notice What will it take for Portland to host an NBA All Star Game?

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  1. riverman

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    Moving the games from February to July would help the cause
     
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    I don't know about that. July is right in the heart of riot season.
     
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    Ive spent a lot of time own SLC on business and it has nothing over Portland and what available except maybe the Temple and sure there is a ski resort hour plus away but we have ski resorts too and not everyone ski's.
    We offer more of a variety and the I5 corridore goes right through town.
     
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    You are arguing against facts here. SLC has twice the hotel rooms. It would not have them if it could not support them. People do not pay to keep resources that are not used, that's a loss of money.

    If your argument here is that Portland does not have enough hotel rooms to support the demand... well, I have no way to say if it's true or not. I will say however that as someone that no longer lives in Portland, any time I came to visit - I had no issues to get a hotel room at a reasonable price in just about any section of the city I wanted to stay at, so I am not sure that's true, but I honestly do not know.
     
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    After listening to talk shows today on the Allstar game........why would we even want to pay the high prices for a ticket to such a colossal embarrassment of a "game". And those words are coming from ex-NBA players.
     
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    Not at all arguing with regards to number of motel rooms. Imo there's more of a variety of things out here to do.
     
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    I've never been to SLC but it's my understanding that they have a designated entertainment district next to/near their arena. A place where people can go before and after games.

    Portland/Moda does not have this. Dr Jack's is okay but it's one option and the hours are very limited pre and post-event. Getting a drink after the game, the nearest place is Spirit of 77. Going to concerts and games at the Moda there are very few places you can go to that is then a quick and easy walk to or from the arena.

    Many times you have talked about your daughter and a bad time she had in downtown Portland, knowing this, where would you recommend she goes with her friends before and after a concert?
     
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    We weren't getting it when we were hip Portlandia. Now that we're L'il Beirut, we stand no chance.
     
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    Okay, if friends of yours from out of town are staying at the convention center hotel, where would you recommend they visit within walking distance? Dinner? Entertainment? Sightseeing?
     
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    The way they have led the City, I assume that had already been done.
     
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    Granddaughter who was around 14 at the time.

    You are correct in that their arena is virtually down town and there are close by places. They did a decent job of keeping the area under control and clean from what I can recall.
    Yeah, not much around the Moda. I used to hit Tony R's years ago.
    Not sure why Portland hasn't made more of an entrainment area there, I thought that they had plans with the old Tbird hotel and beyond?
     
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    Honestly, the quickest and easiest thing to do would be to give Spirit Mountain Casino a 30yr lease to the MC for $1 as long as they agree that as long as they leave the glass alone they can do anything they want to the inside. All casino, half casino half concert hall, whatever. They know how to keep people entertained far better than the city of Portland does.

    Also, you would get more big conventions just by having a casino nearby.
     
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    They could easily take a cab or Uber downtown I believe Portland still has some fine restaurants? Many would be staying downtown anyway. And some in the outskirts or on the Columbia. I agree that the area Moda is at is not that convenient, but that's Portland 's leaderships fault.
    A l otto of talk over the years about making it E hub. Oh, don't we have the most topless bars per capita, there could be emphasis on that and have free Uber and cab rides too but not back.
     
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    This city is talking a baseball stadium in an area that would require a whole bunch of changes.
     
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    Getting a casino approved anywhere is anything but easy. The politics involved would never allow it.
     
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    Couldn't care less.
     
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    agree, game is a farce, why bother, let the players rest and call it a midseason break
     
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    Well obvious you do care cause your giving your time to this post again after you made it super clear your wasting your time for a 2nd time in a few hours. I want to say more but your a mod and not sure how far I can take it with ya so better off saying less -- good day /night to ya
     
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    I have been to SLC and to downtown SLC near the arena and our little town of San Marcos, CA has more things to do at night than that section of SLC, honestly. Hack, I spent a night there just last August on a drive from dropping a kid at college. The town of Bismark North Dakota seemed to have more of a nightlife than SLC.

    I honestly do not think this is the big issue, it's hotel room numbers.
     
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